How do you know a Bay Area party is good? When 76-year-old Calvin Hom is there. Despite being retired for 30 years, the best-dressed man in Chinatown maintains a social schedule that would make even Mayor Daniel Lurie tired. As I tried to keep up with him over the past few weeks, I could barely catch my breath.
Hom is the chicest septuagenarian in San Francisco — maybe anywhere. I met him two years ago, when he became the unexpected star of my birthday party. As we were wrapping up a celebratory dinner at China Live, a friend, dressed in head-to-toe black leather, noticed Hom at the bar in a similar fit. They struck up a conversation, and before we knew it, Hom had joined us for karaoke.
Soon, I started seeing Hom everywhere — at art openings, parties, the Academy of Art University fashion show — always dripping with accessories and wearing his signature black, layered wardrobe. He’s my fashion icon…